Improvement in boot-jacks



J. H. 'AUPDERHEIDE. Boot-Jack.

No. 196,857. Patented Nov. 6, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHANN HEINRICH AUFDERHEIDE, OF KAISERSLAUTERN, BHENISH BAVARIA,GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-JAG'KS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196.857, dated November6, 1877; application filed August 10, 1877. d

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN H. AUFDER- HEIDE, of Kaiserslautern, inRhenish Bavaria,

. Germany, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Boot-Jacks,which improvement is fully set forth in the following speci- Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists ofa jack for with drawing shoes, especiallygaiters, from the feet, the same forming a convenient hand implement forthe purpose intended, the construction and operation being more fullyhereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a shoe-horn, to whose upper endis connected a handle, B, for proper manipulation of the jack. To thehorn there is also secured a shank, O, which is set back from the hornand extends parallel therewith, and its lower end has at tached to orformed with it a curved jaw, D, which projects under the horn, thecurvature extending in the-direction of, and conforming to, the rear ofthe hind quarter or heel portion of a shoe.

In order to adapt the jaws to shoes of dif ferent dimensions, the jaw isformed in sections, and the lower portion of the shank G is bifurcated,and to each limb or fork is attached one section of the jaw, which maythus be expanded and contracted. A set-screw, a, is

employed to hold the sections in their adjusted positions.

The operation isas follows: The horn is ins'erted into the gaiter fromthe top thereof, be-

tween its hind quarter and theadjacent or rear portion of the leg, thejaw D coming in contact with the outer face of the gaiter at the rear ofthe heel-of the wearer, or with the heel of the gaiter; The handle B isdrawn rearwardlyand downwardly, and in this operation the horn, actingas a lever or clamp, distends the elastic gore of the gaiter-and opensthe top of the shoe, the latter being drawn rearwardly and downwardly.Simultaneous therewith the jaw forces the gaiter forward, and theremoval thereof from the foot is quickly accomplished. As the gaitermoves from the foot the heel of the wearer rides on the horn, and thusthe gaiter is easily displaced. 7

It is evident that by means of the jack the gaiter may again be readilydrawn on the foot, In- Fig. 3 I provide an additional jaw, which isconnected to a handled shank pivoted to the shank of the other jaw; butin this case the two jaws take hold of the gaiter at different points,thus increasing the hold of the jack on the gaiter; but the mode ofoperation and results are precisely the same as those previouslydescribed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is+

. The hand-jack for withdrawing shoes, the same consisting of theset-back shank O and handle B, in combination with the horn A,projecting downward from the upper end of the shank, and the jaw D,secured to the lower end of said shank and projecting under the horn,substantially as and for the purpose set fort In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of June, 1877. g

J OHANN HEINRICH AUFDERHEIDE.

Witnesses:

J. ENGLERT, MI'iLLER.

